Snippets from the last week

Apparently one of my teachers has a history of making her students cry. Male students. She said "they looked big and tall, but then they just cried." I asked what she did to make them cry and she said it was just the normal stuff..."say it again, say it again, dont you remember?, didnt you prepare for you class?" In the midst of crying the students told our teacher that it wasnt her fault, it was their's, they were upset with their own failure.

While running in the rain to the badminton courts last night, wearing only a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "go china/中国加油" and athletic shorts, I overheard two ladies talking. I only picked up a sentence as i passed. "one pair of pants just isnt enough, you have to wear two." Fall has arrived here. Day time temps are in the 50-60's and jackets, long pants, and longunderwear have come out. I am still sporting shorts, t-shirt, and sandals...

Our dorm caught on fire yesterday. Just a small fire, but enough to melt some serious amounts of plastic bathroom decor and fill the place with putrid burnt plastic smoke, and black ash. We are being told it was the fault of the the occupants of the room for leaving the bathroom exhaust fan on too long, causing it to catch on fire. That might be true..but exhaust fans are there to exhaust the perpetual sewer smell and thick moistness of the poorly plumbed plastic lined bathrooms. I am prone to think the fan had a little quality control problem. Either way, all is well and supposedly some fire investigators are coming to check all the bathrooms soon. By the way there are no smoke detectors or fire sprinklers, but there is a big fire hose on everyfloor. I think it was the burnt plastic smell that tipped someone off. Although I did here someone say they just someone was cooking in the kitchen. Plastique ala char.

There was an air raid siren test this morning. Either that or japan came back to reclaim a part of the continent.